I decided to go with Young Living essential oils because a) everyone else uses them and b) their Seed to Seal promise and the fact that they are pharmaceutical grade which means they can be injested. Most bottles are 15mL which means you get about 300 drops out of one bottle and depending on the type of oil they can range from $12-35 a piece. I really wanted a diffuser and wasn't sure where to start so I ordered the premium starter kit that wholesale members can buy. It came with 10 5mL bottles of the most commonly used oils, the diffuser and some other stuff. Young Living is multi level marketing company so you can order through someone, pay retail and order online or join as a "wholesale" client and get a little bit of a discount. I signed up as a wholesale distributor so if I ever wanted to go whole hog, I could get people to sign up under me and really go crazy with the MLM. I just want to do my own thing so I don't do that stuff but if someone wanted to use my member number as a referral that's ok too. :-)
Anyway, my kit came and these oils are super concentrated - like one or two drops on your body is beyond adequate. When you diffuse, use 4-5 drops. If you put them on your body sometimes they burn (the "hot") oils so diluting them with coconut oil or olive oil helps lessen the sensation. You also cannot let the oils touch plastic. It will leech out the chemicals and eat through it. I have seen a styrofoam cup with oil swirled around in it be eaten and I put a cotton ball on my car air vent and it blistered the plastic. You have to be very careful!
So back to the experiments. We do not have kids and the husband doesn't want me touching him with my "voodoo" so I don't feel like I have had a real opportunity to experiment and see how they work. I really enjoy diffusing thieves oil blend in the house or whatever else smells good to me (so does the husband) and I need to order some more diffusers on Amazon. My YL diffuser has a light on it that doesn't turn off and I have found a different one on Amazon that has a light you can turn off. I would like to diffuse at night when we sleep. I also bought thieves concentrated cleaner that you mix with water - I really enjoy cleaning with that because it is safe to ingest and non-toxic. My only complaint is that it doesn't cut through heavy grease very well.
My most used oils are peppermint, RC, thieves, stress away and lemongrass. My nose gets really stuffed up at night for no reason and a few years ago I got on two nose sprays. At night I started putting peppermint and RC on the outside of my nose when I sleep. It has helped SO MUCH with my congestion. If I wake up in the night and feel stuffy I put more on and it works so fast. I also think it helps me sleep better because I woke up a lot at night before I started using oils.
I have plantar fasciitis in my left foot. Last year I had surgery on my right foot for that and a pinched nerve and the recovery is really long and difficult. I am trying to heal naturally because I don't want surgery so I read to massage 3 drops each of lemongrass, wintergreen and RC into your foot. Lemongrass is supposed to be an excellent healer for tendons. When you do the massaging/treatments you should do them every 4 hours. Now...I have a day job and sole of these oils don't smell that good - particularly lemongrass. I am not comfortable forcing my coworkers to smell my voodoo so I do not follow the 4 hour rule. I will say that when I do my massages my foot does feel better. It feels like bengay and I do get relief. If I did it consistently I feel like I would have good results. Lemongrass also stains things with a yellow tint so that is one thing I don't like. I recently bought the special orthosport massage oil and it is similar to my homemade combo.
Sometimes I put a few drops of lemon oil in a glass container of water to drink. It tastes the way lemon peel smells to me but I enjoy infused water occassionally. Lemon oil is also great for removing sticky adhesives.
Stress away is one of my favorite smells - it's got a vanilla citrus smell to it. I like to run it on my feet when I go to sleep and behind my ears in the morning. Do I feel less stress? I am not sure but I will keep up with the consistency and report back.
I also put lavender on acne and ingest thieves with a tablespoon of honey when I feel like I'm getting sick/rundown. Thieves has anti-viral properties and it has a cinnamon smell to it...it's one of my favorites.
My next experiment is going to be seeing if they will remove skin tags. I don't get sick a lot but my foot is my biggest struggle right now. Does anyone else use oils or have any success stories?
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